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Policy Watch: Your weekly tip sheet for what’s going on in your community


Santa Clara County   Proposed changes to County policy regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers / notification requests The board will consider adopting a Policy Resolution as proposed by Board President Cortese relating to civil immigration detainer and notification requests.  It will also consider directing Administration to develop a Memorandum of Understanding with DHS & ICE contingent upon adoption…

Getting to the Bottom of a Big Mess


Everyone’s talking about it.  The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is a mess.  Now the Board of Supervisors has ordered an investigation into the “processes, procedures, and technologies used by the Registrar of Voters that may have impeded the timely delivery of a secure and accurate vote tally.”  County Executive Jeff Smith has until January to get back to…